Teletubbie Land: Drowning in the Desert
According to a report by the University of California, the estimated annual water use of an 18-hole golf course is 769 acre feet, or roughly 250,579,748 gallons (948,547,530 liters) per year. There are 407 golf courses in Arizona alone, according to www.golflink.com. Using UCR’s estimate, Arizona’s golf courses use a staggering total of 101,985,957,436 gallons (386,058,844,673 liters) of water every year. Using the recommended daily intake of 2 liters per person per day, this is enough drinking water for 528,847,732 people to survive each year.